Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-05-14
Keouperative Fewer.

Kecuperattve Fewer.
The resistance, active and passive, Of
the physical system to destructive
agents is wonderful Huge wounds
heal up and leave nothing but scar.
This is true not only of the external
muscular tissue, but of the internal or
gans, including even the brain.
A large part of q bone may be taken
out, and the bone grow again. Deadly
poisons may be swallowed, and the va
rious eliminating organs will 60 to work
to destroy their power, and often fully
succeed Millions of persons trans
gress nearly every law of their physical
system, and still live out half their
days, because of the unceasing strug-
gle of that other law-the law of recu-
peration-to undo the mischief, or TO
reduce it to Q minimum.
A bullet has been carried in the
brain, or in some large bone or muscle,
for years without appreciable harm. In
such cases nature builds q tough en-
closing wall around the intruding OBJ
ject, thus preventing either friction or
the solution of the lead and the abb
sorption of the poison into the circula-
ton.
The following case, the full details Of
which are given in Q recent Lancet,
strikingly illustrates the tolerance
and recuperative power of the system:
A soldier was badly wounded in the
knee by the explosion of . rife. After
he had lain in the hospital for five
months, during which time the joint
constantly.suppurated, and was several
times laid open with knife. the wound
healed up. He became able to do his
work as q messenger, and suffered no
inconvenience from the injury for eleven
years.
Then an abcess formed, which dis
charged for some eight years, when the
surgeon succeeded in removing Q small
! portion of the brass heel-plate Of the
rifle and bits of lead from the knee
The abcess remained open, occasionally
dischalging small portions of brass,
lead, and gritty matter for the next
nine wears, or until the summer of 1885.
1t that time, the surgeon of the hos
pital, who then took charge of the case.
succeeded in tracing the sinus, or OPEN
ing, back to hard object in the oppo-
site side of the joint. Laying open the
| flesh at this point, he found and re-
moved the offending cause, which was
one-half of fattened and misshapen
bullet.
In q few weeks the man was able to
walk with little inconvenience, and re-
turned home with the prospect of per-
| feet restoration. Even in this case.
Jagged as was the bullet, the cavity,
J which was about an inch in diameter,
was lined with firm capsule.
A Court Trial In India.
The experience of an English official
in India might have been told as that
of rustic justice of the peace or of .
Judge of police court in our own coun-
try. The gentleman was returning one
afternoon from tiger-hunt, and as he
approached his village he met large
company of people coming out to meet
him, and all eager to report to him
some matter of public interest. In the
din and confusion he could not under
stand one word that was said to him,
neither could he make them know by
word or sign that he desired silence
The story goes on: -
Under ordinary circumstances I
should have charged among them with
q stick, but this might have led to COM
| plcations and been q source of annoy
ance in the future. l looked around
for an inspiration and my eye fell on
little writing-table neatly set out with
| pens, ink, and various kinds of paper.
I seized this and placed it in front Of
the Infatuated crowd, took q chair,
seated myself, and, pen in hand, spread
out an imposing clean sheet of foolscap.
By this time I had observed young
man whom the others seemed to regard
as leader. On him I fixed my eyes
intently and then pretended to write
down whatever came from his mouth.
"Good gracious" he thought, "this
must be government reporter" An
in an instand he was as one struck
dumb; not another word would he ut
ter. The rest of the crowd were even
more cowed, and q dead silence now
succeeded to the late frantic clamor. I
looked judiciously around and said:
"Well, go on"
But no one would 60 on; all looked
toward the earth, except the brave
young chief, who stared, panic-stricken,
across at q white bearded gentleman,
his father, and chief of the settlement,
but whose authority had been usurped
by his son. These two worthless having
looked hard at one another for some
moments, the younger one of them ex-
claimed; "We are guilty. youths
Companion.
Not In Style.
IT has come at last. Fashion having